Do things on shoe strings to make the ends meet
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Cut costs and corners in order to eat
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Low income housing they couldn't afford
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Bills and collectors that they just ignored
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While the pressures were mounting the tensions would rise
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She had been counting on some of the lies
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That he had been telling her being the truth
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The fighting and yelling the magic of youth
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The magic of youth
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He hit the pipe she hit the pole
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Stereotypes that were out of control
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Addictions evictions mistakes being made
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Health's going south looks were starting to fade
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And he'd give his right arm if his left one could get
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A spike in the vein then a loose cigarette
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The both lost their dignity him every tooth
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Classic and tragic the magic of youth
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The magic of youth
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The years flew by quickly that's how they fly by
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Older and sickly and waiting to die
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But they stayed close together to tell you the truth
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Yelling and fighting classic and tragic
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It's all so exciting the magic of youth
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The magic of youth
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The magic of youth
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The magic of youth
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The Magic Of Youth
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